nForce 790i Coming Soon

"Nvidia's next high-end chipset is set to come out in quarter 2 of this year"

Nvidia has given word that they will be putting out their latest high-end chipset, the 790i, sometime in quarter 2 of this year. Combining the C73 northbridge and MCP55 southbridge, the 790i chipset will feature 1600Mhz CPU FSB, triple SLI, and DDR3 support.

There will be two flavors: the 790i SLI and the 790i SLI Ultra. Like previous Ultra varieties, the 790i SLI Ultra will have better overclockability, as well as support for SLI DDR3 2000 modules.

The 790i will be replacing the 780i as Nvidia's high-end chipset for the Intel platform, which hasn't been doing to well due to the fact that it does not provide enough over the previous 680i chipset. One thing to note is that several motherboard manufacturers have decided to delay or even stop development of their 780i boards to avoid problems during the transition.

Do you believe this new chipset will provide enough to warrant an immediate upgrade?

I have the P1i and it's frigging awesome...but then so does Jim...2 of em :p

I gave Jim my P1i when I got my iPhone and I've never looked back. I guess it comes down to what you use the device for. For me, it's phone calls, txting, internet browsing, watching movies and listening to music. I don't use any of the other features....well maybe the weather widget sometimes.

It could be a better device for sure, but I doubt I'd use any additional features to be fair. I can probably count on my hand the amount of times I've used a camera in a phone lol. The only thing I wish it did have was MMS capabilities, but I can live without it.

I've read so many threads on a variety of sites with people getting really angry with the iPhone. But its like anything, if you really hate a product so much, why bother with it? There are other options available to consumers :)

Jim, apart from the web browsing, I would have thought the P1i would suit your needs better cos it can be hacked about and customised more easily.

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